I first met Mel Gibson 16 years ago at a party on the Sony lot for the movie The Patriot. He came up behind me, grabbed me, turned me upside down and carried me around the room. Meeting Mel was like being on a scary fairground ride — but this was just one of his party tricks. This was Mel the maverick: wild, funny, unpredictable, once voted the sexiest man alive. At 60, he is still wild in his heart, but he’s had to rein it in because of the periods when he was completely…

Source: The Times November 06, 2016 00:04 UTC